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. >>> from science fiction to reality. car that say drive themselves could soon be roaming bay area streets. bob redell is live at google's headquarters where governor jerry brown will sign a new law for autonomous cars. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, laura. officially the bill is sb-1298. senate bill 1298. unofficially known as the robot car bill. this bill will allow companies like google to test self-driven cars as long as a human is in the driver's seat monitoring the car's operation. it will also require the dmv to come up with rules to govern these cars. they have always needed special permission from local authorities but no longer the case once the bill becomes law starting next year. the bill is not without its critics. there are privacy concerns because in the future autonomous cars would have to share data with other autonomous cars to avoid collisions on the road. we're talking about gps and sensor data that would be collected and disseminated from a central location. basically tracking you
. >>> from science fiction to reality. car that say drive themselves could soon be roaming bay area streets. bob redell is live at google's headquarters where governor jerry brown will sign a new law for autonomous cars. good morning, bob. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, laura. officially the bill is sb-1298. senate bill 1298. unofficially known as the robot car bill. this bill will allow companies like google to test self-driven cars as long as a human is in the driver's seat...
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ktvu's health and science editor john fowler has more. >> reporter: you can see the occasional bit of plastic on the beach but volunteers cleared beaches from santa cruz to monterey. >> reporter: in a warehouse they call the trash lab researchers went through a tiny fraction of the 8-tons volunteers picked up. >> our beaches are bees used heavily and we are still leaving stuff behind. >> shoes, socks, cans, bottles, all kinds of stuff. you name it, we can find it on the beach. >> reporter: they are on the look out for debris from the japanese sunomy. -- tsunami. >> someone was eating on the beach and left it there. >> 1.5 million tons swept out to sea from japan. officials said a dozen confirmed from japan. none in california. >> it is a big ocean. much can sink. it is phenomenal that individual items will find their ways to the shores. >> reporter: researchers were identifying dangerous stuff. >> getting a better understanding of the hazards out there. >> reporter: scientists are hoping to convince manufacturers and policy makers to protect our oceans from our trash. health and scien
ktvu's health and science editor john fowler has more. >> reporter: you can see the occasional bit of plastic on the beach but volunteers cleared beaches from santa cruz to monterey. >> reporter: in a warehouse they call the trash lab researchers went through a tiny fraction of the 8-tons volunteers picked up. >> our beaches are bees used heavily and we are still leaving stuff behind. >> shoes, socks, cans, bottles, all kinds of stuff. you name it, we can find it on the...
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don't care if they have had the interaction with the scary green leaf, but if they have an iota of science or math, and they don't. going back to what we were touching on, kids that may be underaged pot smoking couch potatoes will be deterred from anything but if the test is going to tell them they can't get in the sport that might have changed their behavior. it is silly, silly, silly. >> do you agree that this might be keeping stoners from participating in extra curricular activities giving them more time to be stoners. >> it would bey -- it would be effective in preventing them from playing sports. you president what them out being active and even choir and drama club is great. anything that bars kids from doing that doesn't make sense. >> i will play devil's advocate. is the idea of this if you start drug testing kids before they are even doing drugs they won't start doing drugs? >> i think that's basically it. it is 10% of kids between 12 and 17 are on drugs. so you want to help them and get them in the rehab programs and catch the problem early. i don't know. >> and what is worse? te
don't care if they have had the interaction with the scary green leaf, but if they have an iota of science or math, and they don't. going back to what we were touching on, kids that may be underaged pot smoking couch potatoes will be deterred from anything but if the test is going to tell them they can't get in the sport that might have changed their behavior. it is silly, silly, silly. >> do you agree that this might be keeping stoners from participating in extra curricular activities...
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it's science fiction soon to become reality. dmv has to have new regulations in place in three years. >> now a check on the forecast. >> there is temperatures right now, we have 50s near the coast. fog is holding numbers down inland areas where the sun is shining so running close to yesterday's levels. there is a tomorrow morning foggy and cool. make sure you add an extra layer on f you're working or living inland you can shed a layer, upper 50s along the coast. cooler now, don't take this the wrong way there is when i'll be back with a warmer forecast coming up. >> and there is latest spat in an ongoing feud between two silicon valley giants. the business decision that google says apple is going to regret. >> there is a new state ban on dancing. why a mom sued a kid's school for their father daughter dances. >> and abc 7 about to make someone $49,000 richer, and you can click to enter. and right here on abc 7. already like us. and you still have a dance chans go to our facebook page. and see where you can enter. we'llú ♪ ju
it's science fiction soon to become reality. dmv has to have new regulations in place in three years. >> now a check on the forecast. >> there is temperatures right now, we have 50s near the coast. fog is holding numbers down inland areas where the sun is shining so running close to yesterday's levels. there is a tomorrow morning foggy and cool. make sure you add an extra layer on f you're working or living inland you can shed a layer, upper 50s along the coast. cooler now, don't...
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fields of study ranked by salary we see things like medical preparation programs, engineering, computer science, all with salaries over $75,000 per year and you cannot just make yourself into an engineer but it might help you with a major you choose. we have a list of the top paying jobs for bachelors degree holders. what is missing, i didn't see anything in broadcast journalism on that list >> you probably won't. >> you do a lot of growing up when you go to college. >> i'm still growing. around the bay area today if you are just getting up we have autumn sunshine coming our way. temperatures are a little bit cool to start your mainly in the 40's and 50's. patchy fog showing up at the immediate coast line. as that moves out we will see warmer weather building in as high pressure sneak back in over the bay area. as you approached the coast line ec thick fog this morning and even a couple of patches of fog. this afternoon we should see plenty of sunshine in most spots. temperatures in the '60s and '70s in the bay. even along the coastline we will stick with sunshine. nineties and hot in the centr
fields of study ranked by salary we see things like medical preparation programs, engineering, computer science, all with salaries over $75,000 per year and you cannot just make yourself into an engineer but it might help you with a major you choose. we have a list of the top paying jobs for bachelors degree holders. what is missing, i didn't see anything in broadcast journalism on that list >> you probably won't. >> you do a lot of growing up when you go to college. >> i'm...
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are not proficient in math, reading and science, and secretary of state condoleezza rice says that gap threatens national security. >> it's the level of writing skills, an likt skills that are coming out of our schools show reason for concern. the idea that you have to be able to write based on text, to write based on fact, to be able to analyze, these are the sorts of skills that even our best students are not acquiring. >> experts also say it's vital that the education system focus on the whole child and not just test scores and teaching to the test. >>> still ahead at 6:00, the meat shortage that farmers say is unavoidable. >> also, the middle east becomes a point of contention on the campaign trail as the white house tries to clarify some comments made by the president. >>> airport scan innners coming california. >>> a new study identifies four different types of breast cancer. coming up, i'll show you how this new information can benefit patients. >>> researchers have identified four genetically distinct types of breast cancer and doctors are already telling us how we might treat
are not proficient in math, reading and science, and secretary of state condoleezza rice says that gap threatens national security. >> it's the level of writing skills, an likt skills that are coming out of our schools show reason for concern. the idea that you have to be able to write based on text, to write based on fact, to be able to analyze, these are the sorts of skills that even our best students are not acquiring. >> experts also say it's vital that the education system...
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our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> 7:30 now on a tuesday morning, september 25th, 2012. nice morning here in the northeast. meanwhile inside studio 1a time for the old wind machine, but enough about savannah. we have got -- >> oh, you did not! >> we've got day two of "ask away today." that's the wind machine filled with questions. i'm going to jump in there in a couple minutes, pick a couple out and quiz my companions. >> i've got a question for. why are you so mean? >> i'm not mean. >> what's wrong with you? >> the nfl refs have me on the edge. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. also ahead, your interview with the president. >> we talked about education and the problems facing our nation's schools and also revealed what he was like as a young student and how he co
our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ >>> 7:30 now on a tuesday morning, september 25th, 2012. nice morning here in the northeast. meanwhile inside studio 1a time for the...